The funding included $863 million from Proposition 1B, a 2006 voter-approved
state transportation bond. To date, the state has allocated more than $9 billion
in Prop. 1B funds.

“We are putting transportation dollars to work creating jobs and making
transportation improvements that will benefit Californians now and for decades
to come,” said Acting Caltrans Director Malcolm Dougherty.

Highlights of the funding allocations include:

Highway 101/41 Landscaping in Atascadero -- $586,000 was approved by
the CTC for revegetation and planting at the busy inter-change, which serves as
the gateway into Atascadero and recently received a major upgrade by Caltrans.
This important mitigation project will include thousands of mostly native shrubs
and trees with a few ornamental species on four acres of both state and city
property at the interchange. A new irrigation system for optimal water
management will also be installed. The landscaping project is expected to begin
this fall with a 3-year plant establishment period.